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Green Carpet Awards honor sustainability leaders

The first cohort of Sustainability Leadership awardees was recognized at the Green Carpet Awards ceremony last month.

$6.8 million to fund research into Cantu syndrome, cardiovascular disease

Colin Nichols, the Carl F. Cori Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, has received a grant to study how the genetic mutations underlying Cantu syndrome are linked to cardiovascular disease.

Science & Technology

Simplifying samples

Using nanotechnology, a team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has eliminated the need for refrigeration for biomarkers used in medical diagnostic testing. The researchers recently gave their new tech a real-world test by sending it through the mail.

Danforth Staff Council town hall planned March 13

The Danforth Staff Council will hold its spring 2018 town hall meeting from 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, in Hillman Hall’s Clark-Fox Forum.

Campus & Community

Program to replace key administrative systems, standardize processes moves forward

Washington University in St. Louis soon will begin a multiyear effort to replace its aging human resources, finance and student information systems with a single, integrated system. When complete, faculty and staff will have improved access to the information needed to make daily and strategic decisions that advance the university’s teaching, research and patient care mission.

Haswell elected council delegate for AAAS

Elizabeth S. Haswell, associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has been elected as a council delegate for biological sciences for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her term began Feb. 20.

Campus & Community

Obituary: Katrina Banks, of Office of Undergraduate Research, 31

Washington University in St. Louis faculty, staff and students are mourning the death of Katrina Banks, administrative coordinator for the Office of Undergraduate Research and a student in University College in Arts & Sciences. She was 31.

Free vehicle inspections for employees, students next week

The university’s Police and Parking Services departments, in partnership with Hartmann’s Car Care and Towing, once again will sponsor free travelers’ vehicle inspections for students, faculty and staff. New this year, the service will be offered from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday, March 5-9, at Hartmann’s, 6615 Olive Blvd.

Business & Entrepreneurship

Retail giants Dick’s, Walmart regulate where politicians won’t

Two U.S. retailers made moves this week to regulate their gun sales based on principle — moves that legislators failed to make in recent years despite public outcry following each incident in a line of mass-shooting tragedies. A pair of Washington University in St. Louis experts say that these actions represent “an expansion of corporate social responsibility,” even if the retailers financially may suffer amid something of a consumer backlash.

Who Knew WashU? 2.27.18

Question: Which of the following is former chancellor and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Arthur Holly Compton credited with inventing?